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Japan surpassed China in October as the largest foreign owner of US Treasury securities, the first time the countries have swapped places in nearly two years. Total foreign holdings fell for a fourth month. The Treasury Department says that total foreign ... ( read original story ...)

Plans for a £12bn nuclear power plant in Wales has been a focus for talks between the UK chancellor and the Japanese government. Philip Hammond said he hoped more discussions mean "we are able to move forward in the new year". Japanese-owned Horizon ... ( read original story ...)

... and the U.S. Embassy in Japan, participated in the drill. The nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan has been deployed at Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, since 2015. To have fuller access to the Kyodo News website, it is necessary to subscribe. ( read original story ...)

where Abe said they discussed a long-standing row over the ownership of a chain of islands off northern Japan controlled by Moscow but claimed by Tokyo. To have fuller access to the Kyodo News website, it is necessary to subscribe. We offer a broad range ... ( read original story ...)

Putin flew on a backup aircraft, according to Japanese media, and landed in Tokyo about 45 minutes behind schedule. He and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe focused on territorial issues, including a possibility of discussing joint economic projects there ... ( read original story ...)

Putin said Friday at a news conference in Tokyo that the negotiations would take place in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. It wasn't immediately clear if the western-backed Syrian opposition would accept the location for peace talks with Syrian President ... ( read original story ...)

2 Mr. Hideya Takashima is scheduled to assume the post of President and Representative Director of Sapporo Breweries Limited after resolution of the Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders to be held by December 31, 2016 and following resolution of the ... ( read original story ...)

SANZIGEN Animation Studio announced on its official website on Wednesday that it will open a new studio in Nagoya in April. The new studio will be the company's fourth, following its studios in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Fukuoka. SANZIGEN's stated goal with the ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Real Madrid beat Mexican side Club America 2-0 to reach the Club World Cup final on Thursday and extend its unbeaten run to 36 games. Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo each scored to help the European champions reach the final on ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Russia and Japan aren't likely to resolve a long-running territorial dispute, but they hope to announce an economic co-operation agreement after their leaders finish talks in Tokyo on Friday. The two countries have been negotiating the agreement ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin spent much of their three-hour talks Thursday discussing a longstanding territorial dispute and a peace treaty between the two countries. "We had in-depth discussions on a ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – Osaka University has become the first university in Japan to set up a permanent research facility for genome-editing technologies following the opening of a new center on Wednesday. Genome editing involves technologies to insert and delete or ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's parliament has passed a long-awaited law to legalise casinos. The move paves the way for casino resort developments that also include hotels and shopping centres. International gaming firms including Wynn Resorts, MGM Resorts and Caesars have ... ( read original story ...)

Russian President Vladimir Putin goes to Japan to meet PM Shinzo Abe for talks on the volcanic islands that have stood in the way of a peace deal since World War Two. After Japan's WW2 surrender but before any deal was signed, the Soviet Union invaded the ... ( read original story ...)

NAGATO, Japan - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Japan on Thursday for a two-day summit that marks his first official visit to a G-7 country since Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea. His Rossiya Airlines plane touched down at 4:50 p.m. at ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's parliament is about to approve a law on "integrated resorts" that is the first major hurdle in allowing casinos to set up shop in the wealthy nation. The upper house of the Diet approved the bill on Wednesday after it was pushed through the lower ... ( read original story ...)